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I had a specific matter I wanted to investigate, thus my interest in this forum (the 330d not being available in the US means the coverage here is a little thin); am looking of another car for the family - two of my children have driving licences and I don't want them driving the M5 or 330d - and came across an E36 323i with an E46 323i engine and was looking for some background on this transplant. Saw the car yesterday; it hasn't been looked after and the owner is an ignorant thug so I dropped it. Oddly enough the engine replacement was occasioned not as a result of Nikasil damage but by a cracked head after a radiator hose burst.